29
Jan
In four short years in the mortgage loan business, Dave Couk, a mortgage banker with Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation, has seen it all. He entered the business in 2010, when the real estate market was reeling from the effects of the Great Recession. “The real estate market had nowhere to go but up, and it’s […]
29
Jan
Do clothes really “make” the person? Or are they just the superficial outer garments that someone puts on. Clothier Lake Lester has some ideas about the subject. “I’d compare clothes to a realtor showing a house,” he explained. “It may be gorgeous on the inside. They may have completely remodeled it on the inside. It […]
16
Oct
Klaus Fuechsel says that his business got a big boost when an article about his just-opened company appeared in a local paper. It also gave the business a new name. “I did an article where the paper’s graphics department made my computer look like a sick computer, so I became ‘The Computer Doctor,’” he stated, […]
18
Sep
Mark Yingling got tired of watching the company he was working for change management so often, so he decided to start his own business. “I started in the copier industry with Pitney-Bowes,” Yingling said. “I was in the Marine Corps Reserve, so I went over to the first Gulf War. When I got back, I […]
04
Sep
For Mark Jenkins – co-owner of Genesis Home Improvement, LLC with his wife, Kim – his career started early. “My dad owned a roofing company, and when we turned 12, we worked every summer,” Mark related. “And I kind of stayed into it. I worked for others, and it just got time to do my […]
19
Aug
Michelle Coe thinks that small to mid-sized businesses often struggle to create an identity in the marketplace. “For a lot of people, their business cards might look one way, their brochures might look another way, and their web design may look totally unrelated or their social media could look totally unrelated,” Coe said. Coe’s business, […]
07
Jul
You’re running a local business, and you have joined organizations, placed ads and have a website up and running. You think you are covered when it comes to getting your business’ name out. It seems that you’re not. Technology has moved on, and you’d better catch up or you might be sorry. Now a business […]
03
Jun
Gayle Sheldon was an occupational therapist, but she loved gardening, and her opinions were so respected by her friends that they came to her for help. “People just started asking me, ‘What should I do about this, what should I do about that,’ so I started to realize that I loved what I was doing […]